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John Carter Brown Library - Spanish America Collection

The John Carter Brown Library's collection of books printed in Spanish America is among the finest in the world. In some areas, the collections are unmatched and include works found nowhere else. The Library has the largest collection in the world of books printed in Spanish America as a whole prior to ca. 1820, over 7,000 titles, encompassing the output of presses in Mexico, Peru, Central America, Argentina, Chile, and elsewhere. The remaining Spanish American presses represented in the JCB's collection include some of the rarest books printed in the Americas: those coming from the Jesuit missions of Paraguay in the early eighteenth century. Of the eight extant titles printed in the missions, the JCB owns six, more than any other library in the world. Of the 14 books in our Ecuador collection (as of 2012) all but two are unique copies, held nowhere else. Likewise of our collections of Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican, and Bolivian imprints, the majority can be found only at the JCB.

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American Libraries
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texts
Topics & Subjects
2,992
CSAIP
915
Broadsides, etc
720
Argentine newspapers
580
Imprint 1815
415
Imprint 1812
412
Imprint 1821
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American Libraries
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John Carter Brown Library - Spanish America Collection
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John Carter Brown Library
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John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Collection
1,113
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
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John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
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ramírez, francisco, 1786-1821
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peru (viceroyalty)
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spain
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buenos aires (argentina). cabildo
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río de la plata (viceroyalty)
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Spanish
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Latin
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Nahuatl
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Central American Indian
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John Carter Brown Library - Guatemala Collection
Nov 13, 2016 Administración Principal de Alcabalas de San Salvador; Bromsen, Maury. fmo RIBRL
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A customs receipt issued to Eduardo Garcia of Leona, El Salvador
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Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Blank forms, Customs administration, Imprint 18--
John Carter Brown Library - Mexico Incunables Collection
Nov 28, 2015 Molina, Alonso de, d. 1585; Molina, Alonso de, d. 1585. Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana; Franciscans
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Previous ed.: Mexico, Espinosa, 1555
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Topics: CSAIP, Nahuatl language, Spanish language, Indians of Mexico, Indian linguistics, Imprint 1571
1-32, [2], 33-170 p. ;14 cm. (8vo) Annual issue for 1827 of Calendario y guia de forasteros
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Topics: Almanacs, Imprint 1826
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
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135, [1] p. ;15 cm. (8vo) Annual issue for 1826 of the Calendario y guia de forasteros
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Topics: Almanacs, Imprint 1825
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Topics: CSAIP, Imprint 1822
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
- unknown
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Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1815, Imprint 1821
[6], 20, [2] p. ;|c20 cm. (4to) Year of publication appears before printer statement on title page
Topics: Convento de San Francisco (Lima, Peru), CSAIP, Fires, Imprint 1835
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
- unknown
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Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1810, Imprint 1812
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
- unknown; Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata
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Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1815
Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1812, Imprint 1815
Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1812, Imprint 1815
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Collection
- Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. Supreme Director (1815-1816 : Alvarez Thomas); Alvarez Thomas, Ignacio, 1787-1857
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Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1815
Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1812, Imprint 1815
Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1812, Imprint 1815
John Carter Brown Library - Guatemala Collection
- Gonzalez, Miguel; Bromsen, Maury A. fmo RIBRL; Consulado Nacional (Guatemala)
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Signatures: [A]⁴ B-H⁴ (H4 verso blank)
Topics: CSAIP, Textile industry, Imprint 1823
John Carter Brown Library - Ecuador Collection
- Perez Calama, Joseph, 1740-1793; Museo del Montino. fmo RPJCB
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1. Metodo solido, facil, y agradable para aprender, y estudiar la gramtica latina, y castellana ... -- 2. Indice de los articulos de la primera parte de Sto. Tomas, que se han de explicar en el proximo curso de ... -- 3. Indice de los articulos de la prima segundae de Santo Tomas, que se han de asignar, y explicar en el proximo curso de ... -- 4. Indice critico de los articulos de la segunda secundae del angelico doctor Santo Tomas, que deben elegirse ... -- 5. Indice critico de los articulos...
Topics: Universidad Central del Ecuador, CSAIP, Universities and colleges, Latin language, Spanish...
Title from caption and beginning of text
Topics: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Imprint 1810
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
- Ramírez, Francisco, 1786-1821
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2 v. ;|c18-32 cm. (4to and fol.) Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1810, Imprint 1812
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Topics: Peña, Isidoro de la, CSAIP, Imprint 1827
Treaty of Pilar signed by governors Sarratea, López, and Ramírez in attempt to end war among those provinces and to work together towards the formation of a national government
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1820
Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁴ A-C⁴ chi1 ([par.]1 verso blank)
Topics: Joseph, Saint, Sermons, Imprint 1727
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: leaf [*2] mutilated with loss of top of coat of arms on recto and half of the text on verso
Topic: Imprint 1697
[4] p. ;|c32 cm Caption title
Topics: CSAIP, Indians of South America, Indians, Treatment of, Indians of South America, Imprint 1603
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Topics: Agote, Justo Pastor, CSAIP, Freedom of the press, Church and state, Imprint 1827
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Divestiture Fund
Topic: Imprint 1818
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
- unknown
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Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1815, Imprint 1821
Title from caption and text
Topics: Dissertations, Academic, Broadsides, etc, Thesis defense announcements, Imprint 1809
Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy: Maury A. Bromsen
Topics: Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, CSAIP
John Carter Brown Library - Guatemala Collection
- Alvarez, José María, 1777-1820; Medina, Victor. fmo RPJCB; American Antiquarian Society. fmo RPJCB
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Vol. 2-3 dated 1819; vol. 4 in 1820
Topics: CSAIP, Law, Law, Law, Imprint 1818, Imprint 1819, Imprint 1820
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
- unknown; Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata
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Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1812, Imprint 1815
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Gazeta Collection
- unknown
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Title from masthead
Topics: CSAIP, Argentine newspapers, Imprint 1810, Imprint 1812
John Carter Brown Library - Chile Collection
- Chile. Ministerio del Interior; Campino Salamanca, Enrique, 1794-1874
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Topics: CSAIP, Local government, Imprint 1825
John Carter Brown Library - Ecuador Collection
- unknown; Díaz Cueva, Miguel. fmo RPJCB
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Publishes Catholic acts of faith, hope, and charity, together with that of contrition. Cost of printing paid for by "Capitan D. Jose Miño."
Topics: Miño, José, CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Prayers, Imprint 1818
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Topics: CSAIP, Poor, Public welfare, Imprint 1814
Appoints Mariano Montilla coronel and commander-in-chief of the Military Department of Cartagena, Santa Marta, and Río Hacha
Topics: Mantilla, Mariano, 1782-1851, CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Blank forms, Imprint 1821
Title from caption and beginning of text
Topics: CSAIP, Forced loans, Imprint 1822
A proclamation on the restoration of the Spanish constitution of 1812, issued by the royalist military commandant of Monterrey. It stipulates that the consitution be republished, that all officials take an oath in support of it, and that prisoners be freed
Topics: Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1820
Prints the text of the 24 August 1820 royal proclamation which extended amnesty to captive Englishmen who had participated in the revolution
Topics: Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1821
Title from caption and first part of text
Topics: Right of property, Right of property, Land tenure, Land tenure, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1813
Caption title
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Tithes, Finance, Public, Imprint 1825
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Collection
- Muzi, Giovanni, 1772-1849; Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829; Castro, Pedro Ignacio de
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Topics: Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Church and state, Imprint 1824
Title from caption and text
Topics: Dissertations, Academic, Broadsides, etc, Thesis defense announcements, Imprint 1822
Source: folio
Title from caption and first part of text
Topics: Horticultural products, Dry-goods, Legumes, Beef, Pork, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1795
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Collection
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Topics: Marine insurance, Imprint 1798
1 sheet ([1] p.) ;58 x 39 cm Promulgates the royal cedula abolishing the administrative reorganization of the "home" and "overseas provinces" undertaken by the Cortes of Cádiz and restorating the preexisting system of government in Spain and the Indies
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1815
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
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15, [1] p. ;|c19 cm. (8vo) Signed at end: Andres Garrido
Topics: Garrido, Andrés, Imprint 1835
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
- Olañeta, Antonio Pedro, d. 1825; Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830; Canterac, José, ca. 1775-1835; Alvarez de Arenales, Juan Antonio
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1 sheet (2 p.) ; 31 x 21 cm [Pedro Antonio Olañeta to Simón Bolívar] (Oruro, 2 Oct. 1824) -- [Pedro Antonio Olañeta to Juan Antonio Alvarez de Arenales] -- [José Canterac to Simón Bolívar] (Huamanga, 12 Dec. 1824)
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1824
Title from caption and first part of text
Topics: Prohibited books, Prohibited books, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1820
Title from caption and first part of text
Topics: Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1820
Title from caption and beginning of text
Topic: Imprint 1811
Colophon on verso of leaf 15 reads: Con licencia. Impresso en Lima por Geronymo de Contreras, impressor de libros, frontero de la cruz de gradas, año de 1639
Topics: Catholic Church, Inquisition, Autos-da-fé, Jews, Sermons, Spanish, Sermons, Imprint 1639
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
- Peru (Viceroyalty). Real Loterìa de la América Meridional; Rico y Angulo, Gaspar; Bromsen, Maury A. fmo RPJCB
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1 sheet ([1] p.) ;31 X 43 cm. (fol.) Caption title
Topics: Lotteries, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1818
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
- Peru. President (1823-1824 : Tagle y Portocarrero); Tagle y Portocarrero, José Bernardo, marqués de Torre-Tagle, 1779-1825; Bromsen, Maury A. fmo RIBRL
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1 sheet ([1] p.); 28 x 41 cm Announces the forthcoming promulgation on 20 Nov. of the Constitution of 1823 and decrees the corresponding ceremonies to be held in its honor
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1823
1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 32 x 20 cm. (fol.) Title vignette: coat of arms
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Gifts, Gifts, Imprint 1684
Title from caption and beginning of text
Topic: Imprint 1809
A second volume of laws was printed in 1826
Topics: Constitutions, Imprint 1821
Title from caption and beginning of text
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1820
Title from caption and first part of text
Topics: Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1813
John Carter Brown Library - Chile Collection
- Irisarri, Antonio José de, 1786-1868
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Caption title
Topics: CSAIP, Imprint 1814
Remainder of title and statement of responsibility (from title page verso): Secunda Februarij die post vesperum prima uero solemnium Festorum quibus immaculatam eiusdem semper virginis conception[a]e celebrauit eadem Academia. / Eiusdem Mexicanus in philosophia magister, et iure pontificio doctor Christophorus Sa[n]chez de Gueuara regalis curiae Mexicanae causidicus, & indorum Nouae Hìspani[a]e generalìs protector, dìcat humìlìmus
Topics: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, Sermons, Imprint 1619
Title from first part of text
Topics: Catholic Church. Province of Mexico City (Mexico), Licenses, Imprint 1616
Title from caption and first part of text
Topics: Legal deposit of books, etc, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1813
John Carter Brown Library - Chile Collection
- Chile. Director Supremo Delegado (1817-1818 : Cruz); Cruz Goyeneche, Luis de la, 1786-1828?
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Title from caption and beginning of text
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Independence Day (Chile), Imprint 1818
John Carter Brown Library - Chile Collection
- Chile. Junta Suprema Delegada (1817); Cruz Goyeneche, Luis de la, 1768-1828?; Astorga, José Manuel, -1825; Pérez Salas, Francisco Antonio, 1764-1828
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Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1817
John Carter Brown Library - Argentina Collection
- Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. Supreme Director (1816-1819 : Pueyrredón); Pueyrredón, Juan Martín de; Dominguez, Luis L. fmo RPJCB
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Caption title
Topics: CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1817
Title from caption and beginning of text
Topic: Imprint 1813
Source: folio
Caption title
Topics: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, CSAIP, Novenas, Imprint 1823
John Carter Brown Library - Guatemala Collection
- Méndez y Cordero, José Mariano
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Announces defense by "Iosephus Marianus Mendez, et Cordero" of dissertation topic on sorrow of infertility and joy of fertility experienced by women, prior to his investitute with doctorate in canon law
Topics: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, CSAIP, Broadsides, etc, Imprint 1811
Title from caption and first part of text
Topics: Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, Spain, Spain. Cortes (1810-1813), Constitutional history,...
[4] p. ; 30 cm. (fol.) Title from beginning of text
Topics: Jacot Ortiz Rojano, Melchor, Peru (Viceroyalty). Real Audiencia (Lima), CSAIP, Imprint 1779
John Carter Brown Library - Chile Collection
- Cofradía del Señor San Joseph (Santiago, Chile); Convento de San Francisco (Santiago, Chile)
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Topics: CSAIP, Cofradías (Latin America), Confraternities, Imprint 1833
12 leaves ;|c28 cm. (fol.) "Dado en Lima, à primero de junio de mil setecientos, y cinquenta y tres. El Conde de Super-Unda."--Leaf 12 verso
Topics: CSAIP, Fortification, Imprint 1753
16 leaves ;19 cm. (8vo) Text in Spanish with Latin quotations
Topics: Margarita, de Austria, infanta de España, b. 1626?, Sermons, Imprint 1626
[3], 10 leaves ;|c20 cm. (4to) Signatures: pi² A-E² F² (-F2)
Topics: Navarra y Toralto, Elvira Augustina, b. 1669, CSAIP, Sermons, Imprint 1681
John Carter Brown Library - Peru Collection
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[5], 10 leaves bcoat of arms ;19 cm. (4to) Spanish text with Latin quotations
Topics: Cofradía del Santo Crucifijo (Lima, Peru), Cofradías (Latin America), Holy Cross, Sermons,...